https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/09/how-the-gun-control-movement-got-smart/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 10:23:27 -0400<![CDATA[Contrast that with what you see today: Gun-control groups don&#8217;t even use the term &#8220;gun control,&#8221; with its big-government implications, favoring &#8220;preventing gun violence&#8221; instead. Democratic politicians preface every appeal for reform with a paean to the rights enshrined in the Second Amendment and bend over backwards to assure &#8220;law-abiding gun owners&#8221; they mean them no ill will. Even the president, a Chicago liberal who once derided rural voters&#8217; tendency to &#8220;cling to guns or religion,&#8221; seeks to assure gun enthusiasts he&#8217;s one of them by citing a heretofore-unknown enthusiasm for skeet shooting, adding, &#8220;I have a profound respect for the traditions of hunting that trace back in this country for generations. And I think those who dismiss that out of hand make a big mistake.&#8221;]]>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:40:03 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/09/how-the-gun-control-movement-got-smart-n280950